Three Word Wednesday- Osler’s Lake

Jabber, verb: prattle, babble, chatter, twitter, prate, yap, gabble, rattle on, blather; yak, yammer, yabber, yatter, blab, blabber, bloviate; noun: prattle, babble, chatter, chattering, twitter, twittering, gabble, blather; informal yabbering, yatter, blabber.

Knowingly, adverb: deliberately, intentionally, consciously, wittingly, on purpose, by design, premeditatedly, willfully.

Lasting, adjective: enduring, long-lasting, long-lived, abiding, continuing, long-term, surviving, persisting, permanent; durable, constant, stable, established, secure, unchanging, irreversible, immutable, eternal, undying, everlasting, unending, never-ending, unfading, changeless, indestructible, unceasing, unwavering, unfaltering.

Osler’s Lake

Dad it seems like such

A short time ago

I was six and

Jabbered incessantly

You listened intently

Baiting my hook

I bagged my first fish

Up at Osler Lake

A tiny little sunfish

I was so proud

Until I realized

 It would be dead soon

I began to cry

You took me aside

Told me not to cry

Put the fish back in the water

And we watched it swim away

You explained

We don't knowingly harm them

We only take fish we eat

Not to torture them

I saw humanity in your eyes

How the creatures suffering

 Affected you too 

I admired my strong father

Who could carry me on his shoulders

And be so tender too

Who could fix anything

With his brilliant mind

Who could quote poetry

At the drop of a hat

Who could wax

About every subject under the sun

Who told me stories

Which made my imagination come alive

The lasting memories we made

Still live on

How I miss you so
But take comfort that you're with mom

©Sheilagh Lee April 12, 2017

Happy Birthday. Dad